Peter Enckelman (born 10 March 1977 in Turku) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who is currently with Football League Championship side Cardiff City. He is the son of Göran Enckelman.
Enckelman signed for his first English club, Aston Villa, from his hometown team, TPS Turku in February 1999. He made his debut during a 3-1 defeat against Arsenal on 11 September 1999 as a second-half substitute, his first start coming three days later against Chest...
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Peter Enckelman (born 10 March 1977 in Turku) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who is currently with Football League Championship side Cardiff City. He is the son of Göran Enckelman.
Enckelman signed for his first English club, Aston Villa, from his hometown team, TPS Turku in February 1999. He made his debut during a 3-1 defeat against Arsenal on 11 September 1999 as a second-half substitute, his first start coming three days later against Chester City in the League Cup.
After David James left the team, Enckelman was pleased when he was called upon in some of the later fixtures, as he expected to be seeing some more first-team action. However, the signing of former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel put a considerable damper on things, as, apart from the matches in Aston Villa's Intertoto Cup campaign of that season, he was left with virtually no playing time. It was only when Graham Taylor took over as manager that Enckelman was installed as first choice keeper, as...
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